15 unforgettable quotes from Carrie Fisher

Carrie Fisher onstage at the 1997 MTV movie awards while Chewbacca gives his acceptance speech in his own language.REUTERS/Stringer

There will be many things to miss about Carrie Fisher, who died on Tuesday at the age of 60. She was a talented novelist, memoirist, screenwriter, and actor who brought happiness to millions of people. One of the things she'll be most remembered for is her incredible wit.

"I'll go hang out with a bunch of robots for a few months and then return to my life and try to figure out what I want to do when I grow up."

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In her memoir "Shockaholic," Fisher talked about how she didn't expect "Star Wars" to be the global phenomenon it was when she signed on for the role of Princess Leia. She was 19 years old at the time.

"I am truly a product of Hollywood in-breeding. When two celebrities mate, someone like me is the result."

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Fisher grew up privileged, as she happily noted in her memoir "Wishful Drinking." Her parents were actors Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds.

“I am Princess Leia, no matter what. If I were trying to get a good table, I wouldn’t say I wrote Postcards. Or, if I’m trying to get someone to take my check and I don’t have ID, I wouldn’t say, ‘Have you seen Harry Met Sally?’ Princess Leia will be on my tombstone.”

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Fisher's career spans dozens of movies, but Princess Leia Organa in the "Star Wars" series is by far the one she's best known by. Instead of trying to escape her greatest success, Fisher was happy to embrace it.

"The actor who played Boba Fett stood behind me while I was wearing the bikini, and he could see all the way to Florida."

"If there's a choice between companionship and anything else—especially career—choose companionship. It's the only thing that has the potential to last. Choose career and you'll spend unreasonable amounts of time attempting to look younger than you are and feeling you aren't succeeding."

"They want to hire about three-fourths. And so I have to get rid of the fourth somehow. The fourth can’t be with me. I made a joke. The fourth can’t be with me!"

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Fisher wasn't shy about talking about her body and about sexist standards in the entertainment industry. In an interview with Stephen Colbert, she talked about how she slimmed down to play Princess Leia because the producers thought she weighed too much.

“They want to hire a part of me, not all of me,” she said.

“‘We treat beauty like an accomplishment, and that is insane. Everyone in L.A. says, ‘Oh you look good,’ and you listen for them to say you’ve lost weight. It’s never ‘How are you?’ or ‘You seem happy!'”

"Even when he's insulting me, I like it very much. If you're gonna be insulted, that's the way to go."

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Fisher was married to singer-songwriter Paul Simon between 1983 and 1984. Simon wrote the song "Hearts and Bones" about their relationship. Fisher told Rolling Stone that she still likes his music.

"I do like the songs he wrote about our relationship," she said. "'Graceland' has part of us in it."

"I do believe you're only as sick as your secrets. If that's true, I'm just really healthy."

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Fisher wasn't shy about talking about her personal life. She wrote about drug addition and her struggles with mental illness — all with the aim of helping her understand herself, and help out other people in similar situations, she told The Star.

"I've been there for a couple of people when they were dying; it didn't look like fun. But if I was gonna do it, I'd want someone like me around. And I will be there!"